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1930 United States Federal Census

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Please choose a county in Minnesota:

Aitkin Isanti Pipestone
Anoka Itasca Polk
Becker Jackson Pope
Beltrami Kanabec Ramsey
Benton Kandiyohi Red Lake
Big Stone Kittson Redwood
Blue Earth Koochiching Renville
Brown Lac Qui Parle Rice
Carlton Lake Rock
Carver Lake of the Woods Roseau
Cass Le Sueur Scott
Chippewa Lincoln Sherburne
Chisago Lyon Sibley
Clay Mahnomen St Louis
Clearwater Marshall Stearns
Cook Martin Steele
Cottonwood McLeod Stevens
Crow Wing Meeker Swift
Dakota Mille Lacs Todd
Dodge Morrison Traverse
Douglas Mower Wabasha
Faribault Murray Wadena
Fillmore Nicollet Waseca
Freeborn Nobles Washington
Goodhue Norman Watonwan
Grant Olmsted Wilkin
Hennepin Otter Tail Winona
Houston Pennington Wright
Hubbard Pine Yellow Medicine

Census Records - Counties

After separating the census records into groups by state, the federal government subdivided these records into county groups. Searching for an ancestor on the county level provides a smaller region for research if you remain uncertain about the specific township where your ancestor resided. Researchers should also be aware of boundary line or jurisdictional changes through time. These changes may affect where an ancestor was enumerated on the census, so it remains important to search the counties surrounding the area where your ancestor lived.